oestrus

== English == === Alternative forms === œstrus (archaic) estrus (US) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin oestrus (“gadfly, sting, frenzy”), from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eys-, used to form words denoting passion; see also Latin īra (“anger”), Lithuanian aistra (“violent passion”), Avestan 𐬀𐬈𐬯𐬨𐬀 (aesma, “anger”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈiːstɹəs/, /ˈɛstɹəs/ === Noun === oestrus (countable and uncountable, plural oestruses or oestri) (countable) A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly. (countable) A bite or sting. (countable, archaic) A passion or frenzy. (countable and uncountable, biology) A female animal's readiness to mate. Hypernyms: heat, rut Coordinate term: musth ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Souters, Strouse, estrous, ousters, rousest, sestuor, sourest, souters, toruses, tousers, trouses, trousse, tussore == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈoe̯s.trʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛs.trus] === Noun === oestrus m (genitive oestrī); second declension gadfly ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== asīlus tabānus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “oestrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “oestrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “oestrus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “oestrus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers